Clyde McNeillMs. BarnesEnglish 111.090715 October 2014Annotated Bibliography"Human Trafficking is real, it's in North Carolina." WRAL Investigates. Writ. Amanda Lamb. WRAL, 3 Nov. 2011. WRAL.com. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.The main topic of this article focuses on human trafficking. Human trafficking is known as the modern day slavery using mainly women. "Women, often from other countries, forced into prostitution, tortured, and held against their will in brothels" (par 1), is not just the movie you watch on Lifetime Movie Network. In reality, human trafficking is affecting more than adult woman in foreign countries, it had reached the United Stat ...view middle of the document...
"Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the country" (par 2). The traffickers lure the victims with promises schooling advances, job advances or opportunities for a better life. Technology and social media sites such as Facebook, has allowed children to be lured into the hands of predators by befriending them. Once they are in a secure location, they are abducted, drugged and sold into slavery. "Cumberland County authorities charged Antoinette Davis with human trafficking after investigators said she sold her 5-year-old- daughter, Shaniya Davis into sexual servitude in 2009", stated the article.The main focal point of the article is to shine a light on the epidemic that is sweeping the nation. "A lot of the traffickers are finding their way here to the United States. And when I say 'a lot,' I mean hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of cases are coming out every day," said Paige Bagwell, director of operations and communications for the Salvation Army of Wake County" (par 15). Human trafficking is now affecting our own neighborhoods, as a nation we must be knowledgeable of human trafficking. The article stresses that we know the signs of people who could possibly be a part of trafficking or be a trafficker. In approaching my paper, this article will be one of my main sources. It gives testimony from victims, protocols from local agencies, and figures for people affected.